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רָמָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7413

height — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

height tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָמָה: n.f. height, high-place tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. height, high-place;—abs. ר׳ as term. techn. (cf. בָּמָה), = shrine (for illicit worship): Ez 16:25; ‖ גַּב v 24, 31, 39; so perhaps 1 S 22:6, but read prob. בָּמָה, 𝔊 Βαμα (A Ραμμα), HPS.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: place (2); a high place (1); places (1).

In the verses

Ezekiel 16:24 · tree →

וַתִּבְנִי־לָ֖ךְ גֶּ֑בוַתַּעֲשִׂי־לָ֥ךְ רָמָ֖ה בְּכָל־רְחֽוֹב׃

Word for word: and you.built for yourself a.mound and you.made for yourself a.high.place in every open.place

JPS 1917: that thou hast built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.

Ezekiel 16:25 · tree →

אֶל־כָּל־רֹ֣אשׁ דֶּ֗רֶךְ בָּנִית֙ רָֽמָתֵ֔ךְ וַתְּתַֽעֲבִי֙ אֶת־יָפְיֵ֔ךְ וַתְּפַשְּׂקִ֥י אֶת־רַגְלַ֖יִךְ לְכָל־עוֹבֵ֑ר וַתַּרְבִּ֖י אֶת־תַּזְנוּתָֽיִךְ׃

Word for word: to every head of.a.road you.built place your.high and you.made.abominable (et) beauty your and you.opened.wide (et) feet your for every [one.who].passed.by and you.increased (et) prostitution(s) your

JPS 1917: Thou hast built thy lofty place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy harlotries.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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